August 2015 – Page 3 – Capital Outlook

Community Conversation: Confederate Flag Prompts Commissioners to Take A Stand

August 13, 2015

Editor’s Note: Every month, the Capital Outlook will publish a “Community Conversation: We want to Listen” story for the area ‘s residents. Below, is the first installment of those conversations. In light of the article below: What is your opinion? Given the sit-ins and other protests of

NDPAC Holds Annual Conference in Panama

August 12, 2015

Special to the Outlook The Florida A&M University Pharmacy Alumni organization, officially known as the National Diamondback Pharmacy Alumni Council (NDPAC), held its 45th Annual Convention June 17-21 in Panama City, Panama. NDPAC has been rotating its meetings between cities in the United States and countries

Ninth in A series On The Sacredness and Steadfastness of Worship The Peace and Protection from Worship: The Models-Paul and Silas, Jehoshaphat and David

August 12, 2015

By Deacon Terry Steaples Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Peace is defined as freedom from disturbance – quiet, calm and tranquility. Protection is defined as being kept from harm or loss. Something that keeps a person or thing from being harmed, lost, something that protects someone or something. What

Northwest Tallahassee Little League Team Battles Improbable Odds

August 12, 2015

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook Staff Writer They were beaten by two-time defending champion Keystone by virtue of Little League baseball’s mercy rule in their opening game of the state championship tournament. Their second game, which all but eliminated whatever outside chance they had of getting

Four Rattlers Named to Preseason All-Conference Teams; Three Games to be Televised

August 12, 2015

Michael Lovejoy Keonte Cash Jacques Bryant

Small Claims Clinic

August 12, 2015

By Janelle Floyd Outlook Writer The Legal Services of North Florida and the Leon County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Controller presented their quarterly Small Claims Clinic on July 30 to inform the public about the claims process. Topics from filling formal complaints to the small

Even Though Blacks Borrow More for College, Enrollment Declines

August 12, 2015

By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent Recognizing that a college degree is one of the surest paths to a job and economic security, Black families are taking on more student loan debt than White and Hispanic families, according to a new report by Wells Fargo. According to

What is the Value of Hands?

August 12, 2015

By Ronald W. Holmes, Ph.D. Vice President/ Education Editor Once upon a time, there was a student who complained to his teacher about not having the finest shoes to wear to school. Finally, one day he saw a student who did not have any feet to put shoes

Are Black People Crazy . . . . . or What?

August 12, 2015

By Na’im Akbar, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist (Retired) There are several psychological factors that seem to correspond with the decline of many “crazy” and self-destructive factors in African-American communities. Two of these factors are “self-awareness” and “self-respect.” There is evidence that we can predict the degree to which we become

A Legacy Worth Recognizing

August 12, 2015

By James F. Mathews Over the last 39 years, the success stories relating to Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University have occurred and are occurring under the administrations of eight different men and women. Scholars have come and gone on to great stations in life, grand buildings